Thoughts on an 83-62 win against the Dukes: This was how it was supposed to go. Indiana did not mess around, did not let the Dukes for a second think an upset was brewing. Yogi Ferrell, with JMU perhaps keying ...
Photo via Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports Thoughts on a 68-56 loss to the Badgers: CHICAGO — Another shot at the Badgers for Tom Crean’s Hoosiers, and a frustratingly familiar result. Indiana had its chances to finally put together the Wisconsin puzzle, ...
Thoughts on an 80-64 victory over Illinois: CHICAGO — Two D.J. Richardson free throws closed the gap to 60-52 with 8:17 to go, and you wondered: Would it happen again? Would the Illini make a late charge like they did ...
Thoughts on a 72-71 win against the Wolverines: This had the makings of a disaster. The Hoosiers looked out of sorts for too long in the first half after bolting out to a 10-3 lead. Hanner Mosquera-Perea — who hadn’t ...
Thoughts on a 67-58 loss to the Buckeyes: There would be no outright Big Ten title awarded on Senior Night, no fitting ending to the group that brought Indiana back to its rightful place on top of the college basketball ...
Thoughts on a 73-60 win against the Hawkeyes: Woof. Forty minutes of basketball tonight inside Assembly Hall, and it was a foul fest — 52 combined between the Hawkeyes and Hoosiers. That’s 1.3 per minute. Blink and the whistle blew. ...
Thoughts on a 77-73 loss to the Golden Gophers: Minnesota, fresh off a a visit from a sports psychologist and a players-only meeting over the weekend, had its mind right for No. 1 tonight in The Barn. This would not be ...
Thoughts on a 72-68 win against the Spartans: Somewhere between the non-calls, the joke calls, the clock not running on two separate occasions and all the official reviews — which set a strange tone, especially in the second half — Indiana found a ...
Thoughts on a 83-55 win over the Boilermakers: Another rivalry matchup against the Boilermakers, another familiar result: A beatdown in Bloomington, 83-55. Christian Watford, as he so often does, got things going early by hitting a bucket at the rim ...
Thoughts on a 76-47 win against the Cornhuskers: Sometimes, it just happens. You throw everything into an effort like the Hoosiers did against Ohio State on Sunday, and then you head home for a game against a Big Ten bottom ...
Thoughts on an 81-68 win over the Buckeyes: Backs against the wall after Thursday’s slipup in Champaign, and the Hoosiers put it together for a full 40 in Columbus. There would be no building of a lead only to see ...
Thoughts on a 74-72 loss at the hands of the Illini: “We didn’t put them away when we had the opportunity. That’s really the bottom line.” — Tom Crean The Illini hung tight, never letting the Hoosiers step on their ...
Thoughts on a 81-73 win against the Wolverines: There were Michigan runs to keep it interesting, some sloppy missteps by Indiana, but the fact was this: The Hoosiers owned this game. They owned it because they were at home, and ...
Thoughts on a 97-60 win against Purdue: I. There was talk of the Hoosiers seeing beyond this one to their College Gameday matchup with the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday, that the Boilermakers may be overlooked. But such speculation was put ...
Thoughts on a 75-70 win against the Spartans: I. Tom Izzo brought the histrionics; Victor Oladipo played his criminal defense; Gary Harris had his smooth stroke going amidst the student section’s jeers. So this would be a fun one on ...
Thoughts on a 72-49 win over the Nittany Lions: I. When Indiana is making 3-pointers like it did on Wednesday night, few teams in the country, if any, are beating the Hoosiers. Especially at Assembly Hall. After connecting on 5-of-12 ...